Sentences with phrase «rating system groups»

Each LEED rating system groups requirements that address the unique needs of different building and project types.

The MFO rating system groups funds into three types: Fixed Income (FI), Asset Allocation (AA), and Equity (EQ).

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Bloomberg contacted 23 hospital systems and purchasing groups selected from lists of the U.S.'s biggest or top - rated hospitals — ranging from regional chains to famed centers like the Cleveland Clinic.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) is our favorite stocks from Group 1 and earns our Very Attractive rating.

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Since 2013, SNA's repair systems and information group revenue has grown 7 % compounded annually, compared to a 5 % compounded annual growth rate in SNA's overall revenue.

The Health Star Rating system was developed by the Australian, state and territory governments in collaboration with industry, public health and consumer groups.

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«The big thing is that we won't be raising the tax rate and will still be able to do a lot of stuff,» said Sam Hill, one of the four co-chairmen of the group, Preserve Our Park System.

It joined other groups in questioning why the government felt unable to spend the money designing a fairer system that avoided punishing one income families living on a salary of # 44,000, who lost the benefit, and two income families where each workers kept their income below the higher rate threshold.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

Judy Wessler, former director of the Commission on the Public's Health System, said it would be much simpler to carve out a group of hospitals and increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate, rather than change the formulas or worry over which Affordable Care Act rules survive the next four years.

Worst of all, this system has resulted in a civil rights disaster: African Americans are dramatically more likely to be arrested for pot possession than whites, despite similar rates of marijuana use among both groups.»

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about an arrest of a former college student who threatened to commit a mass shooting at an unknown elementary school and a group to review teacher ratings system used by the New York State Board of Regents.

Good government groups have long pushed for the change, noting New York's historically low voter turnout rates and saying that a more flexible voting system might help.

Among those registered, 54 are currently certified under the group's LEED rating system, she added.

Since USGBC's founding in 1993, the Council has grown to more than 20,000 member companies and organizations, a comprehensive family of LEED ® green building rating systems, an expansive educational offering, the industry's popular Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, and a network of 78 local chapters, affiliates, and organizing groups.

Diabetes brings a wide array of complications that can harm the cardiovascular system and other organs, and it has been found to affect some groups, such as racial and ethnic minorities and people with low incomes, at a disproportionate rate.

Somatically the body prepares the organism to deal with threat (known as an emergency reaction): blood pressure and heart rate are increased, sweating is increased, bloodflow to the major muscle groups is increased, and immune and digestive system functions are inhibited.

Now, scientists have discovered a key component of this ancient navigational system in rats: a group of neurons called «speed cells» that alter their firing rates with the pace at which the rodents run.

Relative to the comparison group receiving the usual services, program participation was independently linked to higher educational attainment, income, socioeconomic status (SES), and health insurance coverage, as well as lower rates of justice - system involvement and substance abuse.

Each quarter, nearly two - thirds of medical groups and health systems that participate in the campaign report diabetes prevalence and control rates in their patient populations.

This changes a variety of autonomic nervous system functions, such as slowing down digestion, speeding up the heart rate and shunting the flow of blood to the body's major muscle groups.

The app initially divided men into two groups depending on their scores on Alipay's data - driven credit - rating system.

The so - called «teen dating» group has a membership that's British Facebook group Fry Up Police has gained over 50,000 members for its brutal rating system for cooked breakfasts.

Our writers cover what means most to women 50 +: the Age ratings are systems used to ensure that entertainment content, such as films, videos, DVDs, and computer games, are clearly labelled for the age group

Age ratings are systems used to ensure that entertainment content, such as films, videos, DVDs, and computer games, are clearly labelled for the age group

Age ratings are systems used to ensure that entertainment content, such as films, videos, DVDs, and computer games, are clearly labelled for the age group © Westchester Youth Soccer League.

The 3DS is the first Nintendo system to be rated by PEGI and the ESRB (receiving a 7 + and E rating, respectively) due to the built - in games, including Face Raiders, AR Games, and StreetPass Mii Plaza containing 3D images which could cause damage to eyesight for anyone below the specified age groups.

Movie: National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995) IMDb rating: 4.9 The plot: A group of delinquent kids takes a bus trip to Washington D.C. to tell the President first - hand what is wrong with the education system, something a couple of corrupt politicians intend to exploit.

Has or will your group rate / assess the states in terms of their virtual education accountability systems?

So how do we, as a country entrenched in an education system that distributes standardized tests and groups students based on chronological age rather than rate of learning, break through its mental barriers and start to embrace — and demand — the science of the individual?

Unicorn LMS has been recognised as the world's best for the financial sector for the past three years, while it was also recently rated the UK's top Learning Management System overall by the leading independent LMS experts, the Craig Weiss Group.

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Among the most important questions to ask to understand whether a state accountability system is designed to promote opportunity and achievement for all groups of students are: Do all groups of students matter in the ratings given to individual schools?

The report also notes that though the overall numbers are up, treatment rates are lower for some groups, including girls, minorities, and children receiving care through public service systems.

School systems should know that if they are treating students fairly, the federal government will have their backs — even if some groups of students are suspended at higher rates than others.

Of course, differing views exist within this group of educators and other stakeholders, but «there is a common understanding that it is hard to create a rating system that is both fair to educators and administrators and simple enough for parents and the public to understand.»

This likely occurred because she did not «grow» her students as much the second year as compared to her comparison group of peers, although any system that can be used to rate the same teacher «effective» one year and «ineffective» the next should raise eyebrows, naturally.

Minnesota's new accountability system increases the focus on equity by supporting high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent overall or for any student group.

But school board member James H. DeGraffenreidt said he is opposed to such a dual diploma system because he believes it would institutionalize the achievement gap for groups of students with low pass rates, including low - income, minority and special education students.

In a letter sent to the Education Department today, these groups express deep concerns about waiver implementation, from how graduation rates are factored into state accountability systems to how subgroups of at - risk students are being helped.

«ESSA shifts much of the responsibility for student outcomes to states, which must develop robust accountability systems that target large graduation rate gaps that continue to exist between different groups of students, as well as high schools that fail to graduate one - third or more of their students,» said Gov. Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education.

Friends of Manual, the non-profit group that supports Manual High School, announced today that Manual High School jumped two performance levels on the School Performance Framework (SPF), Denver Public Schools» rating system.

Naturally, different points of view exist within our group of educators and laypeople, but there is a common understanding that it is hard to create a rating system that is both fair to educators and administrators and simple enough for parents and the public to understand.

Additionally, ESSA requires states to annually test 95 percent of students in reading and math, to use the participation rate to calculate the achievement indicator, and to factor assessment participation into the statewide accountability system another way.21 For example, four states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Vermont — plan to lower a school's classification for not meeting this requirement.22 In three states — Illinois, Nevada, and Tennessee — schools that do not have a 95 percent participation rate can not score at the highest level of proficiency; receive zero points for proficiency; or receive an F on the achievement indicator for the given group of students, respectively.23

Responding to a few legislators» insistence on modifying the state accountability and assessment system, a group of influential policymakers developed an accountability reform plan that went well beyond adjusting rating and reporting requirements.

QRIS As a member of the EEC Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Working Group, BOSTnet has unique insight into the process and advocates on behalf of the school - age field in key stakeholder meetings.

As a group, ASD schools in their second and third years — the first two «cohorts» of schools to join the ASD — earned the state's highest possible growth rating, averaging a Level 5 on the Tennessee Value - Added Assessment System (TVAAS).